Nakaya (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Shimane, Japan (35.4° N, 133.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 130.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Hata Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone

• fine sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 52002: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark